The opening of the Big Four Bridge on the Indiana side brought in a rush of new customers to businesses in Jeffersonville.

The opening of the Big Four Bridge on the Indiana side brought in a rush of new customers to businesses in Jeffersonville.

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Updated: 7:12 PM EDT May 27, 2014

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WEBVTT BUSINESS OWNERS IN JEFFERSONVILLE SAY IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.. SO MUCH BUSINESS..THAT SUPPLY CAN BARELY KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. THAT'S THE SITUATION AFTER THE OPENING OF THE BIG FOUR BRIDGE ON THE INDIANA SIDE BRINGS IN A RUSH OF NEW CUSTOMERS. WLKY'S ANN BOWDAN HAS MORE. "Here at the end of the Indiana side of the bridge here in Jeffersonville, one of the businesses that gets a lot of attention is Pearl Street Treats. They have frozen yogart like this, this is Georgia Peach, really good! The say they have been slammed by the holiday and it continues. They're just one of several businesses that say they are overwhelmed." PEARL STREET TREATS IS THE FIRST BUSINESS ON THE CORNER AS YOU EXIT THE INDIANA SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.. SINCE THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE.. DEMAND FOR THEIR FROZEN YOGURT AND TREATS IS SO HIGH... THEY RAN OUT.. AND HAD TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY SHIPMENT RUSHED IN..TO MEET THE RUSH THEY KNEW WAS COMING. ONLY OPEN A WEEK, OWNERS AND SERVERS AT THE RED YETI BREWING COMPANY SAY THEY CAN BARELY KEEP UP WITH THE MASSES COMING IN TO EAT. "They're just coming from everywhere, I've never seen Spring Street this busy." "..our numbers are 3 times what we anticipated, I mean we really are surprised by the turnout, it's great!" "I've had a lot of people say, we came through the bridge, this is the first place we saw and this is where we stopped, and they always leave happy." THE SERVERS ARE WORKING LONG HOURS.. BUT SAY THEY DON'T MIND. AS FOR YOGURT SHOP.. "Ready...fizz of whip cream." WITHIN AN HOUR..THE EMERGENCY SUPPLY WAS STOCKED, APPLIED, AND BEING SOLD ONCE AGAIN.. "We had lunch and then found our way back and ice cream for dessert and walked across the bridge again, treat ourselves and then go back to Louisville." "And of course the businesses here are so elated by the boom that is happening here, but they also say this is something excellent for the community, the city, for Jeffersonville, and they see only great things happening from here. In Jeffersonville, Ann Bowdan, WLKY News." FOR SOME BUSINESSES, THEY WENT FROM MAKING ABOUT 200-DOLLARS A DAY, TO 2-THOUSAND A DAY. TO BREAK THAT DOWN..THAT IS A 900- PERCENT INCREASE IN SALES.

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The opening of the Big Four Bridge on the Indiana side brought in a rush of new customers to businesses in Jeffersonville.